October 15, 2013
Well I am gearing up for IVF #2! Started the Stim phase six days ago and I had my first monitoring ultrasound today. I am taking three shots in the belly, one less than last time, but still following the long Lupron protocol (RE took out Menopur, he thinks it was causing my LH levels to be too high). I found that taking the shots at first was really difficult this time. I had some sort of mental block up about it. My body remembered the last round and was kind of like "ummm why are we doing this again?" My husband starting giving me the shots, which got him more involved in the process and also took the stress off of me mentally!
At my ultrasound today, good news was that I had no cysts! Last cycle I had a big remaining cyst. However, I only had five follicles today there were big enough to measure (5mm +). I can't remember how many follicles I had last time at this point, so not sure if that is good or bad. I know for women with my condition (DOR) it is pretty good. We will know in the next week if they are growing. In two days I go back for another ultrasound and more blood work. I keep praying that these follicles grow and that we have more to choose from this time around.
Once again we are super blessed to be in this situation to even have another chance at getting pregnant! So when people ask me "How can you go through this again?", this is what I say: "I am so lucky to go through this actually!"
Nothing is more powerful than the hope that this will work.
